Hair-curler.



N. ILLOWAY.

HAIR CUHLER.

APPucATmN FILED JUNE 28.1915.

Ll., ,Patented Beef?, 1915.

UNTER@ STATE@ PATENT @FFMM i v NETTIE ILLOWAY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Harn-Conner..

Specification of Letters Patent.

ira-tenten nee. a, reis.

. Application led J une 2B, v1915." Serial No. 36,691.

To all whom t may Concern.'

Be it known that l, Nn'rrin lLLoWAr, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, Manhattan bor-` ough, county-and State of New York, have invented. certain new and useful improvements inHair-Curlers, of which the followmembers of which, the strands of hair are` passed and afterward curled or twisted, the pliable nature of the curling agent making it possible t0 hold the strands in such twisted or curled formation.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the essential features of which will be summarized in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof; whereinf Figure 1 is a plan view of a hair curler embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the curler, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view, the section being taken on a line 3 3 in Fig. l.

My improved curler consists of a strip of pliable 4wire covered by superposed layers of rubber and fabric, the wire being indicated by 1, the rubber coating by 2, and the outer fabric covering by 3.` To form the curler a strip of cable, constructed as above mentioned, is bent over upon itself to cause the ends to meet as at 4 (Fig. l), after which a band 5, of leather or the like, is passed around the members of the cable, intermediate the ends of the curler, to lie over the meeting ends of the cable, indicated as an entirety by 6. rlhe band, or the strip forming the band, may be secured together at its ends in suitable manner, as, for instance, by gluing or stitching. The numeral 7 (Fig. 3) indicates the point of secureany ment of the ends of the strip forming the band 5. rlhe band 5 is drawn tightly around the members of the curler to hold them firmly together to prevent slipping and also acts as a stiHening element for the central portion of the curler. rfhe rubber coating 2 tends to prevent the outer coating 3 from creeping thereby forming ridges '.whichwould catch the hair. The outer covering 3 is smooth and will not catch .the

hair. That portion ofthe curler adjacent the ends 8 of the band 5 maybe usedto Aprovide a clamping portion into which strands of hairfcan be pulled andrmly held, said clamping portion being indicated by 9. The pliable natureof the curler per. mits it to be twisted into and retained in desirable shape. end loop or portion 10 or 11 can be separated independently of each other. As the center portion of the curler is somewhat stiffer than the ends thereof, or in other words, is yield'able to a different degree, lI am able to Hex the ends of the curler without flexing the center thereof. The center. portion may be exed by the application of more pressure than is required to fle'X the portions 10 and 11. rIhe curler may of course be manipulated in use in ways dil'erent from that described; for instance, the strands of hair may be twisted or curled around the central portion of my device, and the terminals 10 and 11 turned over firmly against the curled strands of hair.

Having now. described my invention, what Furthermore, each l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. A hair-curler consisting of a pliable cable bent over upon itselfto form a loop, said cable having a coating of rubber applied thereto, a fabric covering applied to said rubber' covering, and means to stien Y the curler intermediate the ends thereof.

2. A hair curler consisting of a pliable cable bent over upon itselfto form a loop,

each member of said loop being brought together intermediate the ends of the loop, and a band of leather or the like passing around said loop at the point where the members thereof are brought together.

3. A lhair-curler consisting of a pliable cable bent over upon itself tolform a loop,

each member thereof being brought to- Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 25 gether intermediate the ends of the loop, day of June, 1915.

and means to secure the ends of the cable v NETTE LLOWAY. and jhe body thereof closely together to Wtnessess form a cerrtral closed body and a loop at EDWARD A. JARVIS, each end. Y MAURICE BLOCK. 

